Suspension Bridges of California (101-125 of 125)


This is a list of bridges 101 through 125 (of 125 total) from the suspension bridge inventory for California in USA. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

Related Lists:

(suspension bridge)

Willow Creek vicinity, California, USA - Trinity River
Bridgemeister ID:2344 (added 2007-08-12)
Name:(suspension bridge)
Location:Willow Creek vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:Trinity River
Use:Vehicular
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • The bridge pictured here appears to be similar to, but distinct from other Willow Creek vicinity bridges in the Bridgemeister inventory. The bridge does not match the bridges in images of the Salyer and Hawkins Bar bridges. The description on the reverse of this photo is: "Over Trinity River near Willow Creek, Cal. between Arcata and Redding. Nov. 21, 1951." Arcata and Redding are 141 miles apart, so that information is not helpful except to reinforce that the bridge was along the modern-day CA-299 corridor near Willow Creek. This bridge is likely no longer in existence.
  • See 1940 Hawkins Bar - Trinity Village and Hawkins Bar, California, USA.
  • See (suspension bridge) - Salyer and Willow Creek, California, USA.
Photograph, collection of David Denenberg

Bel-Air Country Club

Los Angeles, California, USA
Bridgemeister ID:6777 (added 2021-10-28)
Name:Bel-Air Country Club
Location:Los Angeles, California, USA
Coordinates:34.078701 N 118.450619 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Golf cart and Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 58 meters (190.3 feet) estimated

Bridgemeister ID:931 (added 2003-10-25)
Name:Blaney
Also Known As:Trinity Alps Resort
Location:Trinity Alps, California, USA
Crossing:Stuart Fork Trinity River
Coordinates:40.85663 N 122.88776 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2007)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 51.2 meters (168 feet) estimated

Notes:

  • Asymmetrical bridge with one tower much taller than the other. The larger tower appears to have been added in 2003 when the bridge was rebuilt following an August 2002 collapse due to a rusted cable. A sign on the current bridge reads "Blaney Bridge, Engineered by Colin Blaney, 2003," but there has been a suspension bridge at this location since before 2003. Follow the photo showing the damaged bridge for more information.
Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell Photo by Bruce Gapinski

Cassidy

Sierra National Forest, California, USA - Middle Fork San Joaquin River
Bridgemeister ID:321 (added before 2003)
Name:Cassidy
Location:Sierra National Forest, California, USA
Crossing:Middle Fork San Joaquin River
At or Near Feature:Ansel Adams Wilderness, Minarets Ranger District
Coordinates:37.48328 N 119.20778 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge and Pack
Status:In use
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 45.7 meters (150 feet)
Deck width:5 feet

Notes:

External Links:


Cazadero

Cazadero, California, USA
Bridgemeister ID:2352 (added 2007-08-18)
Name:Cazadero
Location:Cazadero, California, USA
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • Appears to provide access to the Cazadero Performing Arts Camp.

China Flat Tract

Downiesville vicinity and Sierra City vicinity, California, USA - North Yuba River
Bridgemeister ID:1432 (added 2004-07-25)
Name:China Flat Tract
Location:Downiesville vicinity and Sierra City vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:North Yuba River
Coordinates:39.561033 N 120.754067 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2005)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 41.5 meters (136 feet) estimated

Notes:

  • Off Route 49 about midway between Downiesville and Sierra City.
Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

Ecklon Toll

Folsom, California, USA - American River
Bridgemeister ID:1552 (added 2004-11-14)
Name:Ecklon Toll
Location:Folsom, California, USA
Crossing:American River
Coordinates:38.682343 N 121.175714 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
References:IHS
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Collapsed, 1892
Main Cables:Wire (iron)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Folsom's Rainbow Bridge occupies the location where this bridge stood.
  • IHS: Bridge is purchased by Christian L. Ecklon (a local butcher) in 1872 from "Kinsey & Whitely."
Photo courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Euchre Bar

Casa Loma vicinity, California, USA - North Fork American River
Bridgemeister ID:2119 (added 2006-09-17)
Name:Euchre Bar
Location:Casa Loma vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:North Fork American River
At or Near Feature:Tahoe National Forest
Coordinates:39.18558 N 120.7612 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge and Pack
Status:In use
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Fairview

Fairview, California, USA - Kern River
Bridgemeister ID:3354 (added 2019-12-15)
Name:Fairview
Also Known As:McNally's
Location:Fairview, California, USA
Crossing:Kern River
Coordinates:35.927731 N 118.494214 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2019)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Goodwin Dam

Jamestown, California, USA - Stanislaus River
Bridgemeister ID:4941 (added 2020-08-08)
Name:Goodwin Dam
Location:Jamestown, California, USA
Crossing:Stanislaus River
Coordinates:37.862621 N 120.630156 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Main Spans:2

Notes:


Goodwin Dam

Jamestown, California, USA - Stanislaus River
Bridgemeister ID:4942 (added 2020-08-08)
Name:Goodwin Dam
Location:Jamestown, California, USA
Crossing:Stanislaus River
Coordinates:37.862536 N 120.630411 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • Later at same location Goodwin Dam - Jamestown, California, USA. Coordinates given here are for approximate location of this bridge which appeared to be slightly further downstream from Goodwin Dam as the present day (2020) suspension bridge.

Hartman Bar

Hartman Bar, Plumas County, California, USA - Middle Fork Feather River
Bridgemeister ID:5668 (added 2021-01-30)
Name:Hartman Bar
Location:Hartman Bar, Plumas County, California, USA
Crossing:Middle Fork Feather River
Coordinates:39.777210 N 121.158777 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2019)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

External Links:


Horse

Tassajara Hot Springs vicinity, California, USA - Arroyo Seco
Bridgemeister ID:1715 (added 2005-04-04)
Name:Horse
Location:Tassajara Hot Springs vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:Arroyo Seco
At or Near Feature:Los Padres National Forest
Coordinates:36.218867 N 121.502183 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, January 9, 2023
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 29.6 meters (97 feet) estimated

Notes:

  • Located near confluence of Willow Creek and Arroyo Seco.
  • 2023, January 9: Destroyed by flood.

External Links:

Photo by Barry Parr Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

Bridgemeister ID:6925 (added 2022-01-21)
Name:Hyampom
Location:Hyampom, California, USA
Crossing:South Fork Trinity River
Coordinates:40.617562 N 123.463327 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Notes:

  • The vehicular suspension bridge at Hyampom, not to be confused with the locally famous Hyampom Mule Bridge, was likely located at the coordinates provided here and likely destroyed by the Christmas flood of 1964.
Postcard, collection of Jochem Hollestelle

Ishi Pishi

Orleans vicinity, California, USA - Klamath River
Bridgemeister ID:5672 (added 2021-01-30)
Name:Ishi Pishi
Location:Orleans vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:Klamath River
Coordinates:41.378467 N 123.496315 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular
Status:Destroyed, December, 1964
Main Cables:Wire (steel)

Notes:

  • Likely completed in the 1930s.
  • 1964, December: Destroyed by flood.

Mariposa Equestrian

Burbank, California, USA - Los Angeles River
Bridgemeister ID:2422 (added 2008-02-23)
Name:Mariposa Equestrian
Also Known As:Horse
Location:Burbank, California, USA
Crossing:Los Angeles River
Coordinates:34.15550 N 118.31265 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Equestrian and Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2021)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 41.1 meters (135 feet)

External Links:

Photo by Eric Sakowski

Martins Ferry

Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA - Klamath River
Bridgemeister ID:1046 (added 2003-12-06)
Name:Martins Ferry
Location:Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:Klamath River
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

Photograph, collection of David Denenberg

Martins Ferry

Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA - Klamath River
Bridgemeister ID:1658 (added 2005-03-19)
Name:Martins Ferry
Location:Martins Ferry, Weitchpec vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:Klamath River
Status:Destroyed, Jan. 1890
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

External Links:

  • Bird's eye view of Martins Ferry Bridge and buildings beyond. Undated high-resolution image of a Martins Ferry suspension bridge with open-frame timber towers. Unclear if this photo was taken before 1890, the purported destruction date of this early Martins Ferry suspension bridge. Despite the resolution, there is not much to see in the image to help date it. Twisted strand main cables are evident, but such cables were manufactured as early as the mid-1850s.

South Fork Trinity River Trail

Forest Glen vicinity, California, USA - South Fork Trinity River
Bridgemeister ID:1997 (added 2005-12-25)
Name:South Fork Trinity River Trail
Location:Forest Glen vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:South Fork Trinity River
At or Near Feature:Trinity National Forest
Coordinates:40.361383 N 123.306617 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2005)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 39.6 meters (130 feet) estimated

Photo by Patrick S. O'Donnell

Swinging

Philo, California, USA - Navarro River
Bridgemeister ID:1295 (added 2004-03-19)
Name:Swinging
Location:Philo, California, USA
Crossing:Navarro River
Coordinates:39.058029 N 123.442550 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Extant (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire

Swinging

Richardson Springs, California, USA
Bridgemeister ID:313 (added before 2003)
Name:Swinging
Location:Richardson Springs, California, USA
Coordinates:39.838927 N 121.769790 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Wide footbridge.

Bridgemeister ID:5594 (added 2020-12-23)
Name:Wawona
Location:Wawona, California, USA
Crossing:South Fork Merced River
Coordinates:37.540392 N 119.623170 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2017)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Weitchpec

Weitchpec, California, USA - Klamath River
Bridgemeister ID:1048 (added 2003-12-06)
Name:Weitchpec
Location:Weitchpec, California, USA
Crossing:Klamath River
Main Cables:Wire

Notes:

  • Eric Sakowski asked the Humboldt County Historical Society for information about this bridge and received this answer from Catherine Mace: "You have a good picture of the bridge over the Klamath River at Weitchpec. The large tree you see through the bridge is the gambling tree and the village of Weitchpec is the structures behind it. The road goes across and makes almost a hairpin turn to the right then it branches . To the right you go up river and to the left goes down river through Weitchpec."
  • See 1861 Weitchpec - Weitchpec, California, USA. The bridge pictured here was likely a replacement for the older bridge.
Postcard, collection of David Denenberg

Wood's Creek

Rae Lakes vicinity, California, USA - Wood's Creek
Bridgemeister ID:1213 (added 2004-02-14)
Name:Wood's Creek
Location:Rae Lakes vicinity, California, USA
Crossing:Wood's Creek
At or Near Feature:John Muir Trail, Kings Canyon National Park
Coordinates:36.873689 N 118.438052 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Footbridge
Status:In use (last checked: 2018)
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Probably built in 1990's.
Photo by Steven Longley

Workman's Bar

Rock Creek, Plumas County, California, USA - North Fork Feather River
Bridgemeister ID:5674 (added 2021-01-31)
Name:Workman's Bar
Location:Rock Creek, Plumas County, California, USA
Crossing:North Fork Feather River
Coordinates:39.905172 N 121.344949 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Destroyed, 1907
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • Workman's Bar (named for Robert Workman) was located near the current location of the Pacific Gas and Electric Rock Creek Powerhouse. The coordinates reflect the bar observed at the present-day (2020) powerhouse, but may not be the exact location of the bridge.

External Links:



Do you have any information or photos for these bridges that you would like to share? Please email david.denenberg@bridgemeister.com.


Mail | Facebook | Twitter